While recovering from an aneurysm, Emily Carter Roiphe discovers the hospital houses a series of alternate realms.
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Get to Know the National Book Award Finalists for Nonfiction
This reading list features the five nonfiction nominees for the National Book Awards. The winner be announced on November 18, 2015.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our favorite stories of the week, featuring, Cincinnati magazine, The New Yorker, 5280 Magazine, Orion, and the Washingtonian.
Get to Know the National Book Award Finalists for Nonfiction
This reading list features the five nonfiction nominees for the National Book Awards. The winner be announced on November 18, 2015.
The Art of Arrival: Rebecca Solnit on Travel and Friendship
A new Longreads Exclusive from Solnit and Orion magazine.
‘Mango, Mango!’ A Family, a Fruit Stand, and Survival on $4.50 a Day
Inside the “informal economy”: A new Longreads Exclusive from Douglas Haynes and Orion magazine.
Appetite of Abundance: On the Benefits of Being Eaten
This week’s Longreads Member Pick comes from Orion magazine and J.B. MacKinnon, author of The Once and Future World. Thanks to Orion and MacKinnon for sharing it with the Longreads community. They’re also offering a free trial subscription here.
A Family, a Fruit Stand, and Survival on $4.50 a Day
If it’s not for sale here, Nicaraguans say, then you can’t buy it anywhere.

